When manufacturers create an Android device, they need to get it certified by Google (and probably pay a fee) to use the Android Market, and other apps like Gmail and Maps. But some manufacturers decide not to, and create their own app store. To get the Market on there, you’d have to side load the apk, and then install it on manually. Once this was… Read more
Yes, the Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet has been rooted. Since the Nook Tablet was released scarcely a week ago, it has been inspiring a lot of chatter in the Android-sphere, or Droidsphere if you will. After a few days, roots for the Nook Tablet have popped up both for PC and Mac users. The newly-released root by Indirect is a permanent root that adds… Read more
Apple App Store App Purchases…say that ten times fast. It’s a fairly well know fact that Android users are a little stingy with their hard earned dollars. That’s no surprise considering much of Android’s rise to fame can be credited to having low cost alternatives to other smartphones. It only makes sense that people who buy cheap phones might not… Read more
The Galaxy Nexus U.S. launch is still up in the air leaving Android fans clamoring for any bit of Ice Cream Sandwich they can find. Thankfully the always resourceful Android community has come through once again and provided the much improved Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard to download. The keyboard will work on any device running Android 2.2 and above;… Read more
Google isn’t ready to hold back yet. Just announced at Google I/O, the ever-growing Android Market is in for a world of change with new features, developer tweaks, expanded international availability, and more. First up, there are massive changes being made to the Android Market in order to promote app discovery. Not only will you find suggestions… Read more
Need a quick breather from I/O related news? Quietly added to the Android Market today, whenever you install an app from the web-based Market, a small list of suggested apps appears. It’s nothing too dramatic or life changing, but it will definitely make app discovery, something Android has been sorely lacking in for a long time now, a little… Read more
This post features a collection of stories generated by this year’s events at Google’s annual developer’s conference, Google I/O. The conference takes place over May 10th and 11th in San Francisco. A great deal of the conference is being live streamed (also embedded above), and you can access the Google I/O session schedule so you won’t miss the… Read more
Everyone knew this day was coming, but it’s taken a little longer than expected. Announced at OTTCon yesterday, Product Manager of Google TV at Logtitech Ashish Arora has said that a version of the Android Market will be coming to Google TV “shortly,” or in “a very short term.” The prospect of user developed apps running on the platform is very… Read more
If you’re looking for a wonderfully designed web-portal to manage your Google Books library, look no further. Google has officially launched a new Books section in the web-based Android Market. The new addition to the Market features the ability to search for books, set up sync, and browse by category, new arrivals, top selling, or top free… Read more
It seems like just yesterday Google released Gingerbread, well that was almost two months ago – that’s years in Google Time. Google will be officially unveiling Android’s latest version – Honeycomb – this Wednesday, at a press event in their Mountain View campus. The event starts at 10AM PST/ 1PM EST and will be streamed live on YouTube at… Read more
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